A 2013 – 2014 ACADEMIC YEAR ARSİN ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH COURSE 2ND TERM 9th GRADES 3RD WRITTEN EXAM NUMBER : MARK : _____ / 100 NAME : CLASS : THE WRITER AND THE WIZARD J.K. Rowling was born in England in 1965. She loved reading, and wrote her first story “Rabbit” when she was only six yeras old. She studied French at university, then worked as a secretary in London. She had the idea for Harry Potter when she was on a train. “Harry just walked into my head”, she said later. She started writing the first Harry Potter book the next day. In 1992 she went to live in Portugal for three years. She wrote Harry Potter in the morning , and worked as an English teacher in the afternoon and evening. She got married to a Portuguese TV journalist and had a daughter called Jessica. Then she returned to Britain and lived in Edingburg, in Scotland. She was unemployed at that time, and wrote in cafés because they were warmer than her flat. After five years she finished the first book, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”. The book sold millions of copies all over the world, and Joanne Kathleen Rowling became very famous. She is now very rich, but she still writes her books in cafés! A. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS(5x4=20 pts) 1. When was J.K. Rowling born? ____________________________________________ 2. Where did she go to live in 1992? ____________________________________________ 3. Did she have a child? ____________________________________________ 4. What did she do in cafés? ____________________________________________ 5. Who is the writer of Harry Potter series? ____________________________________________ B. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER (5x2=10) 6. J.K. Rowling is a __________ writer. a) French b) British c) Portuguese 7. Jessica is her ____________’s name. a) husband b) book c) daughter 8. She worked as an _________ when she was in Portugal. a) English teacher b) secretary c) TV journalist 9. She stayed in Portugal _________ . a) in 1992 b) for 3 years c) in 1965 10. She had the idea of Harry Potter _________ . a) on a train b) by walking c) in France C. REWRITE THE SENTENCES ( 3x6=18 ) (+) D. David spent all his money on new diving equipments. (-) ____________________________________________________________ . (?) ____________________________________________________________ . (+) ____________________________________________________________ . (-) They didn’t meet at the department store. (?) ____________________________________________________________ . (+) ____________________________________________________________ . (-) ____________________________________________________________ . (?) Were Monica and Mike with their mother when you saw them? COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS (4x2=8) 1. We __________________ (visit ) the Big Ben when we were in London. 2. The children ____________________ ( make ) a snowman at the moment 3. My father usually __________________ ( not wash ) his car on weekdays. 4. Michael Schumacher _________________ ( become ) a champion in F1 when he was twenty three. E. WRITE THE CORRECT PREPOSITION IN EACH SENTENCE ( 5x2=10) 1. The green grocer’s is ________________ the cinema and the supermarket . 2. The baker’s is _____________ the hospital. 3. The park is _____________ King Street. 4. The library is _____________ the hotel. 5. The post office is ____________ the corner of Elizabeth St. and Bridge Street F) Fill in the blanks. Use “Simple Past Tense”(2*7=14) 1234567- I ____________ (buy) the tickets yesterday afternoon. I don’t want to visit her today. I ____________ (visit) her last night. Oh, she _______________ (not break) her arm yesterday. She __________________ (break) it last week. I usually get up early, but I _____________ (get up) late yesterday morning. _______ you ___________ (read) a newspaper yesterday? I_____________ (not, watch) the end the film last night because I ___________ (be) very tired. Mr. Smith, our next door neighbour, _______________ ( not,go) to work yesterday, because he ________ (be) ill. G) USE THE INFORMATION IN THE CHARTAND MAKE MEANINGFUL SENTENCES. USE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE (2x6=12 pts.) read a book watch TV play football Gülşen Selda Merve 1. Gülşen _______________________(watch) TV but she ________________________(read) a book. 2. Selda ___________________________ (read) a book but she ______________________(watch) TV. 3. Merve and Gülşen ___________________________ (read) a book. 4. Selda and Gülşen ___________________________ (play) football. H – FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH WORDS GIVEN. (1x8=8 pts.) a little – how many – an- any(2)– how much – a lot of- some 1. I ate ________________ apple. 2. ________________ milk do we have? 3. We have got only ________________ sugar. It’s not enough. 4. ________________ brothers have you got? 5. We have got ________________ oranges. They’re 10 kg. 6. I haven’t got ________________ sisters or brothers. 7. There is not _______________ egg in the fridge. 8. I need __________ time oil for salad. Aylin ERKAHRAMAN ELT
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